1. Plot
2. The setting
3. The protagonist
in one of my health classes, the teacher was the most helpful i’ve ever had, yes, teachers are supposed to be helpful but he was the best at it. He always pushed us to be better people and to better understand the world. This teacher was bright and creative, and he always came up with new things to support us to keep going. I’ve had good teachers before but he topped all of them, and i appreciate how hard he tried to keep us focused.
not sure if that answered your question but if you want to write it differently i think you should keep the topic the same throughout and convince people reading why you believe your teacher was good/bad :)
Answer:
My response would be:
The reader learns that the ice is very thin. They know this because in the phrase "It was early winter and the ice on the lake wasn’t thick enough to support the sled and team or I would have gone across the middle." It clearly states the ice wasn't thick enough to go across the lake. This prepares the reader for what happens in the story by foreshadowing the ice cracking later on in the story.
(I don't know if the ice will crack later on in the story though)
B. Theme should be narrow and specific